Planet Hugill (Robert Hugill) "Here Nick Pritchard and Shelley Jackson were all charm...with Jackson a captivating Mary, building on the novel's use of Mary's voice as an instrument of seduction... Yet Pritchard and Jackson made us love these characters, and wonder what was going to happen to them."

Mark Aspen "As the confident anti-heroine Mary, Shelley Jackson excels. Her coloratura soprano singing savours the sensuality of the part, emphasising the notion of the serpentine path, as she holds and colours what "s-s-s-serpentine" with a wicked glint in her eye."